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Fourth Mansions by R. A. Lafferty (Ace, 1969, 0-441-24590-0, 75¢, 252pp, pb, n., cover by Leo & Diane Dillon)

Funnyfingers & Cabrito by R. A. Lafferty (Pendragon Press, September 1976, 0-914010-02-6, $3.00, 45pp, ph, oc)     Limited to 800 copies, of which 50 are hand-bound, signed by the author, illustrator and calligrapher, and lettered a through ax; 100 are signed by the author and numbered 1 to 100; and 650 are numbered 101 to 750. 1 · Funnyfingers · R. A. Lafferty · nv; illustrated by Dany Frolich 33 · Cabrito · R. A. Lafferty · ss; illustrated by Dany Frolich

Golden Gate and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty (Corroboree, December 1982, 0-911169-00-8, $20.00, 237pp, hc, co)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. 7 · Forward · Rhip Baldridge, Greg Ketter & Ira M. Thornhill · fw 11 · Golden Gate · R. A. Lafferty · ss; illustrated by Phil Foglio 27 · Mr. Hamadryad · R. A. Lafferty · nv Stellar #1 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1974; illustrated by Kenneth Smith 47 · This Boding Itch · R. A. Lafferty · ss 57 · Condillac’s Statue, or Wrens in His Head · R. A. Lafferty · ss Alchemy and Academe ed. Anne McCaffrey, Doubleday, 1970; illustrated by Todd Hamilton 69 · The Cliff Climbers · R. A. Lafferty · ss Quark/1 ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library, 1970 75 · McGruder’s Marvels · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1968; illustrated by Phil Foglio 87 · Tongues of the Matagorda · R. A. Lafferty · ss 99 · Ishmael Into the Barrens · R. A. Lafferty · nv Four Futures ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorn, 1971; illustrated by Freff 137 · Eurema’s Dam · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions II ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1972; illustrated by Doug Rice 149 · Days of Grass, Days of Straw · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, 1973 167 · Make Sure the Eyes Are Big Enough · R. A. Lafferty · ss; illustrated by Freff 181 · Bequest of Wings · R. A. Lafferty · ss Rooms of Paradise ed. Lee Harding, Quartet Books, 1978; illustrated by Joan Hanke-Woods 191 · Fall of Pebble-Stones · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 19 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1977 201 · Marsilia V · R. A. Lafferty · ss 215 · One-Eyed Mocking-Bird · R. A. Lafferty · ss; illustrated by Phil Foglio 225 · Sky · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971; illustrated by Joan Hanke-Woods

Grasshoppers & Wild Honey, Chapters 1 & 2 by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, 1992, 0-936055-51-0, $4.50, 66pp, ph, ex)     The first two chapters of part two of In a Green Tree

Half a Sky: The Coscuin Chronicles 1849-1854 by R. A. Lafferty (Corroboree, October 1984, 0-911169-03-2, $25.00, 235pp, hc, n.) [Coscuin Chronicles]     Historical fantasy novel, Book Two of “The Coscuin Chronicles”. There are full-color illustrations by David Brian Erickson tipped in, plus some black and white illustrations. Also available in a limited edition of 250 signed copies (-02-4, $35.00).

Heart of Stone, Dear and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, 1983, #12, $2.00, 43pp, ph, oc) 3 · And You Did Not Wail · R. A. Lafferty · ss 11 · Company in the Wings · R. A. Lafferty · ss 21 · The End of Outward · R. A. Lafferty · ss 29 · Heart of Stone, Dear · R. A. Lafferty · ss 36 · Haruspex · R. A. Lafferty · ss

Horns on Their Heads by R. A. Lafferty (Pendragon Press, September 1976, 0-914010-01-8, $3.00, 33pp, ph, ss)     Limited to 800 copies, of which 50 are hand-bound, signed by the author, illustrator and calligrapher, and lettered a through ax; 100 are signed by the author and numbered 1 to 100; and 650 are numbered 101 to 750.

How Many Miles to Babylon by R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press, April 1989, 0-921322-10-0, $3.00, 36pp, ph, nv) [Argos Mythos]     Sf novelette set in the “Argo” mythos. Limited to 500 copies, the first 150 of which are signed (-11-9, $6.00). Incorporates the “Interglossia to Devil Is Dead” from Is Magazine. 1 · Interglossia to Devil Is Dead · R. A. Lafferty · ms Is #5, 1972

Iron Tears by R. A. Lafferty (Edgewood Press, December 1992, 0-9629066-2-X, $10.00, 219pp, tp, co, cover by Leo & Diane Dillon)     Collection of 15 previously uncollected stories. i · Despair and the Duck Lady · Michael Swanwick · in 11 · You Can’t Go Back · R. A. Lafferty · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 28 1981 17 · Ifrit · R. A. Lafferty · ss Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982 27 · Lord Torpedo, Lord Gyroscope · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Berkley Showcase Vol. 2 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1980 43 · Funnyfingers · R. A. Lafferty · nv Funnyfingers & Cabrito by R. A. Lafferty, Pendragon Press, 1976 57 · Thieving Bear Planet [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Universe 12 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1982 73 · Berryhill · R. A. Lafferty · ss Whispers December 1976 81 · The World as Will and Wallpaper · R. A. Lafferty · ss Future City ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973 95 · Horns on Their Heads · R. A. Lafferty · ss Pendragon Press, September 1976 111 · By the Seashore · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1973 123 · Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies · R. A. Lafferty · nv Universe 8 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1978 151 · Magazine Section · R. A. Lafferty · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories July 1985 165 · Or Little Ducks Each Day · R. A. Lafferty · nv Dystopian Visions ed. Roger Elwood, Prentice Hall, 1975 189 · Cabrito · R. A. Lafferty · ss Funnyfingers & Cabrito by R. A. Lafferty, Pendragon Press, 1976 195 · Le Hot Sport · R. A. Lafferty · ss Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, 1988 209 · Gray Ghost: A Reminiscence [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Serpent’s Egg (limited edition) by R. A. Lafferty, Morrigan, 1987

It’s Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, 1984, #14, $2.00, 42pp, ph, co) 3 · The World’s Narration · R. A. Lafferty · ar Alien May 1979 5 · The Ten Thousand Masks of the World · R. A. Lafferty · ar Alien June 1979 [Ref. Gerald W. Page & Hank Reinhardt] includes a review of Heroic Fantasy (DAW, 1979). 8 · Great Awkward Gold · R. A. Lafferty · ar Alien July 1979 [Ref. Alan K. Russell] includes a review of Science Fiction by the Rivals of H.G. Wells (Castle Books, 1979). 10 · Something New Under the Black Suns · R. A. Lafferty · ar Alien August 1979 [Ref. Jerry Pournelle] includes a review of Black Holes (Futura, 1978). 13 · More Worlds Than One? · R. A. Lafferty · ar Alien October 1979 16 · For a Little Bit of Gold · R. A. Lafferty · ar Alien February 1980 [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke, Jeanne Robinson, Spider Robinson, Ian Watson & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro] includes reviews of The Fountains of Paradise by Clarke (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979); Stardance by the Robinsons (The Dial Press, 1979); The Very Slow Time Machine by Watson (Gollancz, 1979) and Cautionary Tales by Yarbro (Doubleday, 1978). 18 · Riddle-Writers of the Isthmus · R. A. Lafferty · ar Alien March 1980 21 · Through the Red Fire, or, The Hidden Truths About Story-Tellers Dredged Up from the Unconscious of One of Them · R. A. Lafferty · ar Alien May 1980 24 · Tell It Funny, Og · R. A. Lafferty · ar Alien June 1980 27 · Rare Earths and Pig-Weeds · R. A. Lafferty · ar Alien July 1980 29 · The Gathering of the Tribes · R. A. Lafferty · ar Alien September 1980 34 · The Day After the World Ended · R. A. Lafferty · ar guest-of-honor speech at the DeepSouthCon, July 1979. 40 · It’s Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs · R. A. Lafferty · ar SFWA Bulletin #53B, Winter 1974/1975; revised.

Lafferty in Orbit by R. A. Lafferty (Broken Mirrors Press, December 1991, 0-9623824-8-5, $13.95, 220pp, hc, co, cover by Lissanne Lake)     Collection of 19 stories, all from the Orbit anthologies, with an introduction by Damon Knight. A signed limited edition (-9-3, $50.00) was announced but not seen. 7 · Introduction · Damon Knight · in 9 · Old Foot Forgot · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 17 · All Pieces of a River Shore · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 8 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 29 · Bright Coins in Never-Ending Stream · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 20 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1978 35 · Flaming Ducks and Giant Bread [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Orbit 15 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1974 51 · The Hole on the Corner · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 61 · The Skinny People of Leptophlebo Street · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 16 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1975 73 · Continued on Next Rock · R. A. Lafferty · nv Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 91 · Entire and Perfect Chrysolite · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 101 · Great Day in the Morning [Argos Mythos] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Orbit 17 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1975 119 · The Hand with One Hundred Fingers · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 18 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1976 131 · One at a Time · R. A. Lafferty · ss Debonair #1, November 1964 139 · Royal Licorice · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 14 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1974 155 · And Name My Name · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 13 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1974 165 · Fall of Pebble-Stones · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 19 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1977 175 · Configuration of the North Shore · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969 185 · Dorg · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 10 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1972 193 · When All the Lands Pour Out Again · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 9 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1971 203 · Interurban Queen · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 8 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 211 · The Only Tune That He Could Play · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 21 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1980

Laughing Kelly and Other Verses by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, November 1983, #11, $1.00, 20pp, ph, oc)     Limited to 100 signed, numbered, copies. An unsigned, unnumbered, edition omits the poem on the back page. 4 · Laughing Kelly · R. A. Lafferty · pm 5 · A Stringless-Fiddle Notion · R. A. Lafferty · pm 6 · Sylvester · R. A. Lafferty · pm 7 · Tale of a Tail · R. A. Lafferty · pm 8 · All in the Boundless Ocean · R. A. Lafferty · pm 10 · Internal Doctor Harvey Lee · R. A. Lafferty · pm 13 · From Alpha World of Kaptein’s Star · R. A. Lafferty · pm 15 · Medical Malpractice Medley · R. A. Lafferty · pm 17 · Little Willy Verses · R. A. Lafferty · pm 20 · untitled (“I love to rhyme, I love to write”) · R. A. Lafferty · pm; in signed edition only.

Mad Man by R. A. Lafferty (Centipede Press, May 2023, 978-1-61347-336-8, $75.00, 392pp, hc, co, cover by Jacob McMurray)     Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by Scott Bradfield, John Pelan & Jacob McMurray, and an unknown number of unsigned copies. Volume Seven of “The Collected Short Fiction”. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Not to Mention R. A. Lafferty · Scott Bradfield · in 19 · And All the Skies Are Full of Fish [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Universe 10 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1980 35 · Junkyard Thoughts · R. A. Lafferty · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1986 55 · Posterior Analytics · R. A. Lafferty · ss Snake in His Bosom and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1983 67 · In the Turpentine Trees · R. A. Lafferty · ss Four Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1983 85 · Buckets Full of Brains · R. A. Lafferty · ss Mischief Malicious by R. A. Lafferty, United Mythologies Press, 1991 95 · Make Sure the Eyes Are Big Enough · R. A. Lafferty · ss Golden Gate and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Corroboree, 1982 111 · The Only Tune That He Could Play, or Well, What Was the Missing Element? · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 21 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1980 129 · Smoe and the Implicit Clay [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Future Power ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, Random House, 1976 153 · Once on Aranea [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Strange Doings by R. A. Lafferty, Scribners, 1972 167 · Dorg · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 10 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1972 179 · Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1962 189 · Name of the Snake [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Worlds of Tomorrow April 1964 201 · Mad Man · R. A. Lafferty · ss If October 1964 213 · Aloys · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine August 1961 223 · All Pieces of a River Shore · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 8 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 243 · Bird-Master [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Four Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1983 263 · Golden Trabant · R. A. Lafferty · ss If May 1966 275 · All the People · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1961 289 · Puddle on the Floor · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Constellations ed. Thomas M. Disch & Charles Naylor, Harper & Row, 1976 309 · Magazine Section · R. A. Lafferty · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories July 1985 325 · The Polite People of Pudibundia [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss If January 1961 337 · Holy Woman · R. A. Lafferty · ss Dotty (limited edition) by R. A. Lafferty, United Mythologies Press, 1990 351 · Nor Limestone Islands · R. A. Lafferty · ss Universe 1 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1971 367 · One-Eyed Mocking-Bird · R. A. Lafferty · ss Golden Gate and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Corroboree, 1982 379 · Counting Grandmothers: Interview with R.A. Lafferty · Ron Wolfe · iv American Fantasy Summer 1987 [Ref. R. A. Lafferty]

The Man Underneath by R. A. Lafferty (Centipede Press, January 28, 2016, 978-1-61347-164-7, $100.00, 351pp, hc, co, cover by Jacob McMurray) [edited by John Pelan]     Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by John Pelan & Jacob McMurray. Dated December 2015 on the copyright page, but publication was delayed and copies weren’t shipped until the first week of February 2016. Volume Three of “The Collected Short Fiction”. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Secret Crocodiles and Strange Doings (or, Sometimes the Magic Really Works) · Bud Webster · ar Grantville Gazette v41, 2012 [Ref. R. A. Lafferty] 25 · The Man Underneath · R. A. Lafferty · ss If January/February 1971 41 · Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies · R. A. Lafferty · nv Universe 8 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1978 77 · Dream · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine June 1962, as “Dreamworld” 85 · Boomer Flats · R. A. Lafferty · ss If July/August 1971 105 · The Hellaceous Rocket of Harry O’Donovan [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 121 · You Can’t Go Back · R. A. Lafferty · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 28 1981 141 · Thou Whited Wall · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1977 157 · The Effigy Histories · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Man Who Made Models and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1984 171 · The Wooly World of Barnaby Sheen [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 181 · McGonigal’s Worm · R. A. Lafferty · ss If November 1960 191 · Inventions Bright and New · R. A. Lafferty · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1986 203 · Snuffles [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1960 231 · What Big Tears the Dinosaur’s [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Through Elegant Eyes by R. A. Lafferty, Corroboree, 1983 243 · The Last Astronomer · R. A. Lafferty · ss Four Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1983 253 · Ifrit · R. A. Lafferty · ss Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982 267 · The Funny Face Murders [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv New Terrors 2 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pan, 1980 303 · Calamities of the Last Pauper · R. A. Lafferty · ss Fantasy Book November 1982 319 · Nine Hundred Grandmothers [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss If February 1966 333 · Through Other Eyes [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Future Science Fiction #47, February 1960 348 · The One That Almost Got Away… · John Pelan · aw

The Man Who Made Models by R. A. Lafferty (Centipede Press, October 2013, 978-1-61347-046-6, $100.00, 345pp, hc, co, cover by Jacob McMurray) [edited by John Pelan]     Collection of 17 stories, edited and with an afterword by John Pelan. Introduction by Michael Swanwick. Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by Swanwick, Pelan & McMurray. Volume One of “The Collected Short Fiction”. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Eight Words from the Most Wonderful Writer in the World · Michael Swanwick · in 17 · The Man Who Made Models · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Man Who Made Models and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1984 37 · The Six Fingers of Time · R. A. Lafferty · nv If September 1960 69 · The Hole on the Corner · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 85 · Square and Above Board · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1982 103 · Jack Bang’s Eyes · R. A. Lafferty · ss Snake in His Bosom and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1983 123 · All but the Words [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July/August 1971 137 · The Ungodly Mice of Doctor Drakos [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 149 · Frog on the Mountain [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty, Ace, 1970 183 · Narrow Valley · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1966 201 · Condillac’s Statue, or Wrens in His Head · R. A. Lafferty · ss Alchemy and Academe ed. Anne McCaffrey, Doubleday, 1970 215 · About a Secret Crocodile · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August/September 1970 231 · Days of Grass, Days of Straw · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, 1973 255 · The Ninety-Ninth Cubicle · R. A. Lafferty · ss Weird Tales Fall 1984 263 · Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction February 1967 277 · Parthen · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May/June 1973 287 · The Skinny People of Leptophlebo Street · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 16 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1975 305 · Rivers of Damascus [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1974 339 · The Man Who Made Myths: The Voyages of R. A. Lafferty · John Pelan · aw